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DATE | 2007-09-23 |
FROM | Kevin Mark
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SUBJECT | Re: [Fwd: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] [aldem@westnet.com: Instalfest
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On Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 01:26:18AM -0400, MYC wrote: > Have you tried a different version of GNU/Linux? > > Alexander Deming wrote: >> I checked MD5's before burning the CD's >> But the bigest problem is geting stuck or terminated in process of >> instalation of the base system. And the most strange is the fact that >> every time it terminates in different point. This is why I suspect that >> the machine has a physical problem that I can not identify. Still hope I >> am mistaking. >> Sincerely, Alexander Deming >> MYC wrote: >>> It sounds like a 64 bit. I have not tried to install on 64 bits. Have >>> you run mds checks on the cd's? I have Debian on my laptop. I had to >>> install the base system first then add the dvd's with the package manger. >>> >>> Alexander Deming wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> To me it looks like 64 bit. Sticker on the body says "AMD 64 Athlon"; >>>> message on the screen from boot (before OS starts loaduing) also says >>>> "Athlon 64 tm processor 3200+" >>>> >>>> Actually I'll be in Port Washington, Long Island. However, I'll be ready >>>> to come to any part of the city during the week. The body of the machine >>>> is mini-tower, so it is not too heavy for me. >>>> >>>> Sincerely, Alexander Deming. >>>> >>>> MYC wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ruben Safir wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> ----- Forwarded message from Alexander Deming >>>>>> ----- >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I bought a computer on eBay (Athlon 3200, 1.5GB RAM, 200 GB HD, Sony >>>>>> DVD RW), tried to install Debian on it and I failed. >>>>>> >>>>> Did you get the 32 bit or 64 bit Athlon 3200? >>>>
The easiest way to rule out hardware problems is to burn a knoppix (or similar live cds) and see if they run. If no, they it maybe hardware. -K -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______|
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